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First name: Ilja
Last name: Zeljenka
Dates: 1932-2007
Category: Quintet
Nationality: Slovakian
Opus name: Piano Quintet no. I (1953)
Publisher: Slovakia
Peculiarities: http://www.hc.sk/en/hudba/diela/?n=&k=040105&o=&d_od=&d_do=&r_od=&r_do=&vp-page=10
Information: 1951 – 1956 Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (composition – Ján Cikker) 1957 – 1961 programme adviser of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra 1961 – 1968 programme adviser and member of the selective body of the Czechoslovak Radio since 1968 he focuses on composition 1985 – 1996 teaches composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava 1990 – 1991 chairman of Slovak Music Union and president of the International Music Festival Melos-Ethos Beside studying at a secondary grammar school he took private lessons of harmony and counterpoint under the tutorship of Ján Zimmer and piano under Rudolf Macudzinski.